Until the day that BART decides to send out more trains during the peak hours, I will continue to upstream like a small majority of riders on the system. Upstreaming is when you go the reverse route in order for you to get a seat on the train. For me, after my 10,000 steps at work, I just have that need to sit. The way I see it, I paid for the seat, might as well make sure I get to sit on one.<\/p>\n
In the past, I’ve done this where I would find a seat near the door. I then surrender my seat to the elderly, someone pregnant, or someone traveling with crutches. Chivalry is not dead! Now, I’ve gotten a little smarter and picked a non-aisle seat in the middle of the train. This is where I plop down, put on my headphones, and close my eyes while I listen to a TED talk. I also try to fall asleep.<\/p>\n
Before I discovered upstreaming, I used to bring a tripod chair with me to at least be able to sit for the 30 minutes or so that I was on the train. I never had the guts to assemble a rope chair that hangs from the rails. I saw one listed in MAKE magazine a while back and I never actually saw it in action. I also pondered buying one of those backpack chairs but I could never justify the weight.<\/p>\n
As the years progressed and my gout symptoms started for flare up more frequently, I’ve decided to upstream as often as I can.<\/p>\n
Here’s what I do\u2026if ever I’m at the Embarcadero, Montgomery, or Powell station, I will look at the time for my next train. If it is at 10 minutes, I know I can easily go 2 stations upstream. Now the catch is if you’re at Civic Center with 10 minutes. Can you actually go to 24th<\/sup> street (one more past 16th<\/sup> street)? I’ve tried and have barely made it. 16th<\/sup> street is always a safe bet in order to get a seat. Have I ever gone past the 24th<\/sup> street station? Not yet. I’m saving that for one of the major BART delays.<\/p>\n References<\/strong> Until the day that BART decides to send out more trains during the peak hours, I will continue to upstream like a small majority of riders on the system. Upstreaming is when you go the reverse route in order for you to get a seat on the train. For me, after my 10,000 steps at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[451],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general","tag-bart"],"yoast_head":"\n
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